Prom Dress Trend for 2010 Is 'Slutty Chic'

by Erin Donnelly (Subscribe to Erin Donnelly's posts)
Posted Mar 29th 2010 at 5:22PM

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Revealing is in this prom season. Photo: Dressnetwork.com

Where's Molly Ringwald when you need her?

We'd take a butchered pink polka-dot sack any day over the latest trend to hit the prom-dress circuit: "slutty chic."

Yep -- there's a new oxymoron to describe the morons who think they can get by the principal on prom night while wearing sequined dental floss, the New York Post reports.

According to the paper, "cleavage-revealing frocks, belly-button-baring gowns, and dresses made of barely enough fabric to make a washcloth" are all the rage this prom season. Ta-ta, taffeta!

Dressing like an extra from MTV's "Jersey Shore" is apparently the look du jour, with skimpy, leopard-print gowns reportedly flying off the shelves.

"Bare looks are very much in this season," Macy's Fashion Director Adam Moon tells StyleList. "However, it needs to be interpreted in a proper Junior manner."

"For prom this year, girls want short and poufy, or long, tight-fitting, with everything cut out -- the sides are gone, the back is gone, the front is basically gone," Nathan Vaknin of Brooklyn's Fiesta Ladies Fashion told the Post.

"Personally, I think it's too much, but we sell whatever puts money in our pocket.

"The parents might say no at first, but I don't think anyone can convince these girls to get a dress besides the one they really want."

Ugh. Sounds like a bad episode of "My Super Sweet 16."

Educators reportedly claim they'll be vigilant about keeping prom goers concealed.

"I check all of the dresses to make sure their body parts are covered," Principal Lisa Maffei-Fuentes of Christopher Columbus High in the Bronx, NY, told the paper. "They're not allowed to wear anything where their breasts are exposed. It can't be very short, and their rear ends can't be exposed."

Oh, and girls -- don't forget to loosen the straps on your clear mile-high heels. How else is ~~Prince Charming~~ Justin Bieber supposed to track you down after midnight?

Meanwhile, check out Jennifer Aniston's salmon pink evening gown.

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b1llyford, 3-31-2010, 6:26AM

@ Panty Buns:

"Lady" GaGa dresses slutty. She acts slutty. So when the children and adolescents today emulate her, they too dress and act slutty. But we shouldn't just lay this problem at the feet of the mass media culture. Prom dress shops have needed a maternity section for at least 25 years.

When parents decided it was cute to dress their daughters in whatever slutty star's slutty outfit was fasionable at the age of six, could we expect to raise ANYTHING but a generation of slutty girls? And now those girls are raising their own generation of daughters.

Be proud: this is the American style that makes the adolescent population the fastest growing demographic for HIV/AIDS. And the explosion in eating disorders. And the continuing trend of teen pregnancy.

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S Kidd, 3-31-2010, 1:33PM

AMEN! I TOTALLY agree with you.

Babz, 3-31-2010, 11:43PM

Ok so maybe "slutty" isn't the right word, but distasteful, or inappropriate certainly is. And last I checked, adults shouldn't be capable of oggling half-dressed minors. So, condoning sending minors out in public wearing such cr@p is contributing to the exploitation of a child and it's not only disgusting, it's illegal. And for the person who posted this brilliant comment: "Too many Republican conservatives out there worried about what people wear now a days", all I can say to that is we can only hope there are enough !

Beverly, 3-31-2010, 6:41AM

Excuse me, uh, "Panty Buns," but this is not about "women." This is about teen-age girls going to their high school prom. A teen-age girl is not supposed to be dressed like a 25-year-old hooker. Even if it was about grown women, a smart woman will want to look classy, not slutty. You can look sexy and still look classy, which is much better that looking like a slut any day.

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howard, 3-31-2010, 6:50AM

Since when? When it is appropriate and the time is now. Those gowns are
SLUTTY!!!

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thorn503, 3-31-2010, 6:50AM

Why all the fuss, it's just a dress and a prom. As long as it is legal the fashion police need to back off. Girls just want to have fun!

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betty, 3-31-2010, 9:30AM

Much of what these girls are wanting is something that Schools won't allow them in wearing. I'm all for showing some cleavage...curves... even a little thigh... NOT the crotch...NOT pubic hairs... or even that area shaved...

these are girls... and some of it is flat our whorish.

Sassiblewangel, 3-31-2010, 9:40AM

What? just a another dress? and just another prom? Are you ppl kidding? I would NEVER let my daughter wear something like that At that age much less BUY it for her!!!!!!!!!
The girls who "dance" as "Exotic Dancers" in these "Mens Clubs" wear more than that, and I should know because my daughter USE to dance , much to my dismay, but by that time............she was in her 20'S. had her own place and "making" her own money

Wayne, 3-31-2010, 10:06AM

My daughter wouldn't be going to the prom in that dress.

Jean, 3-31-2010, 10:16AM

Yes they do....and so will the boys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL

Sunday, 3-31-2010, 6:50AM

Yeah - What Beverly said! But where can I get a gown like the one shown above for myself? lol Love it! Not for a teenager at the prom, mind you, but nevertheless, I think it's totally sexy and my hubby would love to see me in it!

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Janetlee, 3-31-2010, 8:00AM

Geeeeze...I wouldnt let my daughter wear that crap! It all boils down to the parents. If you let you child wear this...where does the permissiveness end? Lets face it...prom dresses are EXPENSIVE....and I dont know a single teenage girl that could afford it on her own....but besides THAT...I STILL wouldnt let my daughter wear that garbage even if she footed the whole bill!!! Im the adult...shes the child...AND I SAID NO.

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Fabulously Me, 3-31-2010, 9:34AM

I agree- parents nowadays are too afraid to discipline thier children- to put up the good fight. They want to be friends and be seen as the cool Mom - I tell my kids everyday-"I AM NOT YOUR FRIEND- I AM YOUR MOTHER- I WILL LOVE YOU FAR MORE THAN ANY FRIEND YOU WILL EVER HAVE!" Yes they get upset when you tell them know but later they see that you are probably right - not having that shirt or going to that unsupervised party did not kill them- they are still alive and in good health. If more parents focused on raising LADIES & GENTLEMEN- we would all be better off. As for the article referring to a fad as "SLUTTY" I have issue with that perpetuation of negative against ladies. Why could they say "provacative or racy"- same image portrayed? We let the media dictate too much in our lives and views- READ more.

Mry, 3-31-2010, 12:54PM

It does boil down to the parents. It seems that there are not any good parents anymore. Parents should be controlling more what these kids wear. My son's pants would not be dragging on the floor showing his underwear. Change the locks if they break the rules. Too much reward for poor behavior and the kids turn out to be crappy adults.

MikoRose, 3-31-2010, 2:00PM

It sucks to because you have all kinds of people trying really hard to convince your girls that this is what they want them to be(mostly male). Take care of your girls parents!!!!! There are a lot of creeps out there!

Nichole Holobowicz, 3-31-2010, 8:06AM

When we hear about the girls who were raped and killed after their prom then we can all take Panty Buns and say I told you so!

I have no problem when a girl, note I did not say woman, who wants to assert herself in wearing something sexy. However, sexy is a whole different ball of wax to slutty. If they want to dress like a stripper they could just go to a strippers website to order their clothes as it would be a heck of a lot cheaper for their parents. It does come down to the parents also.

Yeah of course when I was in high school I wanted the sexy revealing dress, I did not wear a sexy revealing dress as my mother would not let me have it I did wear the sexy classy black ball gown. Those were different times though.

I am just so happy I have a boy. Tuxedo and condoms! That is it oh and maybe a personal driver so that in case he drinks he is not driving. Life favors the prepared.

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Pam, 3-31-2010, 10:00AM

Nichole, I find it interesting that you say they shouldn't wear those dresses yet you are glad you had a boy..tuxedo and condoms. Is your son's date going to be wearing one of those dresses or will she wear a less showy dress but still expected to have sex with your son? So it's ok for the girl to be slutty just not dress like one. Wow, glad my daughter's boyfriend's mom isn't like you. Gladly giving out condoms. She taught her son about waiting as did I talk to my daughter. They have seen friends already having sex and regretting it.

Karen, 3-31-2010, 11:14AM

You are a living contradiction...and talk about double standards! I have a son and he had "THE TALK," exactly as my daughter. Tuxedo and condoms...and proud of it? You should be ashamed if you feel like you are "off the hook," with that combination.

Mark, 3-31-2010, 12:06PM

Whoa Whoa Whoa there! I don't care how slutty the dress is - still no excuse for rape. Having said that, I do hope these girls realize that sometimes their attire may attract the kind of attention they don't really want. Members of both genders need to take responsibility for their own actions.

Nichole, 3-31-2010, 1:27PM

Ok hold up before you all start persecuting me! My son is 2! He will get the exact same talk that I got when I was in 4th grade! Please do not think I condone any kind of rape or sex before marriage!

Yes I could have reworded what I wrote but I will say that those dresses attract the wrong kind of attention. I am not completely out there to think that my son will never have sex, I am just saying I will tell him what could happen and what he should know about it, plus YES I will give him condoms should he and whom ever he is with decide they want to have sex.

In today's society children, yes children, are getting pregnant right after their periods! There are girls out there who had a pregnancy pact for crying out loud. There are also guys who have gone over board with hazing. So no matter where we look there are problems. Why compound that with allowing the girls to wear dresses that should not even be marketed to them?

sorry if I offended anyone but I AM glad I had a boy, way too much to worry about with a girl.

I am a good mother also. So thanks for the belittling, it always makes people feel good when they are judged off of a comment placed on here, but I posted it so I will take it!